Mechanisation: FG Begins Training Of 4,000 Tractor Operators

The federal government yesterday commenced the training of 4,000 tractor operators under its national agricultural mechanisation project, with the first batch of 250 trainees beginning a two-week residential programme at CSS Farms, Nasarawa State.
The programme is being coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security  through the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), in partnership with AGCOMS International Trading Limited and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF).
The initiative is designed to provide the skilled workforce required to operate and maintain 2,000 modern John Deere tractors and agricultural implements being deployed under the government’s mech...